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Type: Competition

January 24, 2018

Numerous class actions have been commenced regarding alleged price-fixing of automobile parts. The unlawful conspiracies relate to the prices of parts installed by automakers in new vehicles. The parts which were the subject of the alleged price fixing include essential components found in all modern motor vehicles.

Type: Consumer

March 15, 2018

Action for breach of Canadian environmental, consumer protection, and other laws against Fiat Chrysler and Bosch on behalf of owners of diesel Jeep Grand Cherokees and Dodge Ram 1500 (model years 2014-2016).

Type: Competition

August 28, 2017

Canadian class action lawsuits alleging that the defendants, the world’s dominant foreign exchange dealers, conspired to manipulate the prices of currency trades for at least a ten-year period, resulting in billions of dollars in illegal gains.

Type: Consumer

March 15, 2018

Action for breach of Canadian environmental, consumer protection, and other laws against General Motors and Bosch on behalf of owners of certain diesel GMC Sierra, Chevrolet Silverado, and Chevrolet Cruze.

Type: Competition

March 15, 2018

Action for alleged conspiracy to manipulate the global gold markets against various financial institutions on behalf of persons in Canada who transacted in gold market instruments from 2004 until 2014.

Type: Privacy

Type: Competition

June 23, 2016

Class action against lithium battery manufacturers and resellers alleging they conspired with each other to raise, maintain, fix and/or stabilize the price of lithium-ion batteries and lithium-ion battery products sold in North America.

Type: Employment

May 2, 2017

This proposed class action lawsuit against Livingston International Inc. is for unpaid overtime. It is brought on behalf of current and former non-management employees who are in administrative, clerical, technical or other support job classifications, and worked at any of Livingston’s offices across Canada, including import analysts, release clerks, file clerks, transportation staff, runners, scanners and accounting staff.

Type: Privacy

November 12, 2015

This proposed class action is on behalf of all patients whose confidential medical records were wrongfully disclosed, misused, accessed, and whose confidentiality agreement with the Peterborough Regional Health Centre was breached by the Peterborough Regional Health Centre and others.

Type: Privacy

November 10, 2017

This proposed class action is based on the unauthorized use and disclosure of personal health information. Specifically, employees of the Rouge Valley Health System wrongfully accessed, used and disclosed personal health information of mothers who had recently given birth at Rouge Valley Centenary, Rouge Valley Ajax and Rouge Valley Pickering. The employees sold or marketed the personal health information to companies that sell Registered Education Savings Plans.

Type: Corporate

February 13, 2018

Class action against Sears Canada Inc., its directors and its corporate parents, ESL Investments Inc. and Sears Holding Corporation seeking damages for conduct contrary to the Canada Business Corporations Act. The claim alleges that the payment of a $509 million extraordinary dividend by Sears Canada on December 6, 2013 was oppressive and contrary to the CBCA.

Type: Franchise

February 13, 2018

This class action is on behalf of approximately 260 Sears “Hometown” stores operating in Canada. The claim alleges that the Sears defendants breached their contractual duties and duties under provincial franchise laws by forcing the Hometown store dealer-owners to work for subsistence-level compensation and by depriving them of any realistic opportunity to share in the profits generated by the Hometown store system.

Type: Franchise

February 13, 2018

This is a proposed class action on behalf of Tim Hortons franchisees. The claim alleges that the franchisor of the Tim Hortons chain, and its related entities, have breached obligations to franchisees through their use of advertising fund monies contributed by the franchisees. The claim also alleges related breaches of statutory and fiduciary obligations to franchisees by these defendants.